The Grave Robber’s Apprentice, written by Allan Stratton, HarperCollins Publishers

Making Bombs For Hitler, written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Scholastic Canada

Missing, written by Becky Citra, Orca Book Publishers

Neil Flambé and the Crusader’s Curse, written by Kevin Sylvester, Simon & Schuster

Non-Fiction

Explorers Who Made it ... or died trying, written by Frieda Wishinsky, illustrated by Bill Dickson, Scholastic Canada

No Shelter Here: Making the World a Kinder Place for Dogs, written by Rob Laidlaw, Pajama Press

Shannen and the Dream for a School, written by Janet Wilson, Second Story Press

To Hope and Back: The Journey of the St. Louis, written by Kathy Kacer, Second Story Press

Express

In The Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up, written by Monica Kulling, illustrated by David Parkins, Tundra Books

I Owe You One, written by Natalie Hyde, Orca Book Publishers

Matatu, written by Eric Walters, illustrated by Eva Campbell, Orca Book Publishers

The Paper House, written by Lois Peterson, Orca Book Publishers

Who Needs a Swamp?,written and illustrated by Karen Patkau, Tundra Books

Red Maple™ Nominees (Grades 7 - 8)

Fiction

crush. candy. corpse.,written by Sylvia McNicoll, James Lorimer & Company

The Dragon Turn, written by Shane Peacock, Tundra Books

End of Days, written by Eric Walters, Doubleday Canada

First Descent, written by Pam Withers, Tundra Books

Testify, written by Valerie Sherrard, Dundurn Press

This Dark Endeavour, written by Kenneth Oppel, HarperCollins Publishers

The Tiffin, written by Mahtab Narsimhan, Dancing Cat Books

Non-Fiction

Last Airlift: A Vietnamese Orphan’s Rescue from War, written by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Pajama Press

Lizards in the Sky: Animals Where You Least Expect Them, written by Claire Eamer, Annick Press

The Lowdown On Denim, written by Tanya Lloyd Kyi, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer, Annick Press

Real Justice: Fourteen And Sentenced To Death- The Story of Steven Truscott, written by Bill Swan, James Lorimer & Company

The Secret Life of Money:A Kid’s Guide To Cash, written by Kira Vermond, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer, Owlkids Books Inc.

White Pine™ Nominees (Grades 9 - 12)

All Good Children, written by Catherine Austen, Orca Book Publishers

Karma, written by Cathy Ostlere, Puffin Canada

The Taming, written by Eric Walters and Teresa Toten, Doubleday Canada

Witchlanders, written by Lena Coakley, Atheneum Books

The OLA also offers two adult reading categories: Evergreen™ and Golden Oak™. The Golden Oak program provides new readers in adult literacy programs to read books chosen specifically for them. The nominees in this category are:

Behind Enemy Lines, written by Carol Matas, Scholastic Canada

Remembering The Titanic, written by Frieda Wishinsky, Scholastic Inc.

In The Bag! Margaret Knight Wraps It Up, written by Monica Kulling, illustrated by David Parkins, Tundra Books

Matatu, written by Eric Walters, illustrated by Eva Campbell, Orca Book Publishers

No Ordinary Day, written by Deborah Ellis, Groundwood Books

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Sarah Ellis has been nominated for the The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the world's largest award for children's and young adult literature. Sarah was chosen as one of 207 candidates from 67 countries. This award is named for Astrid Lindgren, one of Sweden’s most important authors. The recipient or recipients of the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award will be announced on 26 March 2013 at 1 pm.

Jacqueline Guest awarded the prestigious Indspire Award for the Arts

Jacqueline Guest is the recipient of the prestigious Indspire Award for the Arts, which recognizes Indigenous professionals and youth who demonstrate outstanding career achievement. Created in 1993 in conjunction with the UN's International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, the Indspire Awards represent the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own achievers.

Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award

IBBY Canada announces the winner of the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award:A Few Blocks by Cybèle Young, published by Groundwood Books.

2012 Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature

Paul Yee is the winner of the 2012 Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature. Yee has contributed uniquely and powerfully to our literary landscape over a writing career that spans almost 30 years. He was virtually the first children’s author to document the Chinese Canadian experience from its early days to the present.

2012 Matt Cohen Award

Jean Little is the winner of the 2012 Matt Cohen Award.Established by a group of anonymous donors, the Matt Cohen Award recognizes a lifetime of distinguished work by a Canadian writer, working in either poetry or prose in either French or English. Jean Little is recognized throughout North America for her candid and unsentimental portrayals of adolescent life.